Retailers Hope For Strong Christmas Season

Retailers Hope For Strong Christmas Season

Retailers Hope For Strong Christmas Season

Sean Gallup

People carry shopping bags as they leave a C&A department store on a busy shopping street in Steglitz district on December 17, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season in Germany, one of the few countries whose economy has so far weathered the current Eurozone debt crisis relatively well.

People carry shopping bags as they leave a C&A department store on a busy shopping street in Steglitz district on December 17, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season in Germany, one of the few countries whose economy has so far weathered the current Eurozone debt crisis relatively well.

Retailers Hope For Strong Christmas Season

Sean Gallup

A woman carries shopping bags on a shopping street in Steglitz district on December 17, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season in Germany, one of the few countries whose economy has so far weathered the current Eurozone debt crisis relatively well.

A woman carries shopping bags on a shopping street in Steglitz district on December 17, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season in Germany, one of the few countries whose economy has so far weathered the current Eurozone debt crisis relatively well.

Retailers Hope For Strong Christmas Season

Sean Gallup

Shoppers cross a street in Steglitz district on December 17, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season in Germany, one of the few countries whose economy has so far weathered the current Eurozone debt crisis relatively well.

Shoppers cross a street in Steglitz district on December 17, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season in Germany, one of the few countries whose economy has so far weathered the current Eurozone debt crisis relatively well.

Retailers Hope For Strong Christmas Season

Sean Gallup

Shoppers wait for a bus on a shopping street in Steglitz district on December 17, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season in Germany, one of the few countries whose economy has so far weathered the current Eurozone debt crisis relatively well.

Shoppers wait for a bus on a shopping street in Steglitz district on December 17, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season in Germany, one of the few countries whose economy has so far weathered the current Eurozone debt crisis relatively well.

Retailers Hope For Strong Christmas Season

Sean Gallup

A young woman walks by a clothing store adevertising sales on a shopping street in Steglitz district on December 17, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season in Germany, one of the few countries whose economy has so far weathered the current Eurozone debt crisis relatively well.

A young woman walks by a clothing store adevertising sales on a shopping street in Steglitz district on December 17, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season in Germany, one of the few countries whose economy has so far weathered the current Eurozone debt crisis relatively well.

Retailers Hope For Strong Christmas Season

Sean Gallup

A young woman rides a bicycle as she carries shopping bags on a busy shopping street in Steglitz district on December 17, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season in Germany, one of the few countries whose economy has so far weathered the current Eurozone debt crisis relatively well.

A young woman rides a bicycle as she carries shopping bags on a busy shopping street in Steglitz district on December 17, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season in Germany, one of the few countries whose economy has so far weathered the current Eurozone debt crisis relatively well.

Retailers Hope For Strong Christmas Season

Sean Gallup

A young woman walks by a window display that reads: 'Today Last Day' on a busy shopping street in Steglitz district on December 17, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season in Germany, one of the few countries whose economy has so far weathered the current Eurozone debt crisis relatively well.

A young woman walks by a window display that reads: 'Today Last Day' on a busy shopping street in Steglitz district on December 17, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season in Germany, one of the few countries whose economy has so far weathered the current Eurozone debt crisis relatively well.

Retailers Hope For Strong Christmas Season

Sean Gallup

A man carries a Barbie playset on a busy shopping street in Steglitz district on December 17, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season in Germany, one of the few countries whose economy has so far weathered the current Eurozone debt crisis relatively well.

A man carries a Barbie playset on a busy shopping street in Steglitz district on December 17, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season in Germany, one of the few countries whose economy has so far weathered the current Eurozone debt crisis relatively well.

Retailers Hope For Strong Christmas Season

Sean Gallup

A man carries a Barbie playset on a busy shopping street in Steglitz district on December 17, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season in Germany, one of the few countries whose economy has so far weathered the current Eurozone debt crisis relatively well.

A man carries a Barbie playset on a busy shopping street in Steglitz district on December 17, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season in Germany, one of the few countries whose economy has so far weathered the current Eurozone debt crisis relatively well.

Retailers Hope For Strong Christmas Season

Sean Gallup

People walk by a clothing store adevertising sales on a shopping street in Steglitz district on December 17, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season in Germany, one of the few countries whose economy has so far weathered the current Eurozone debt crisis relatively well.

People walk by a clothing store adevertising sales on a shopping street in Steglitz district on December 17, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season in Germany, one of the few countries whose economy has so far weathered the current Eurozone debt crisis relatively well.

Retailers Hope For Strong Christmas Season

Sean Gallup

People walk by a clothing store adevertising sales on a shopping street in Steglitz district on December 17, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season in Germany, one of the few countries whose economy has so far weathered the current Eurozone debt crisis relatively well.

People walk by a clothing store adevertising sales on a shopping street in Steglitz district on December 17, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season in Germany, one of the few countries whose economy has so far weathered the current Eurozone debt crisis relatively well.

Retailers Hope For Strong Christmas Season

Sean Gallup

A young woman walks by a clothing store's winter display on a shopping street in Steglitz district on December 17, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season in Germany, one of the few countries whose economy has so far weathered the current Eurozone debt crisis relatively well.

A young woman walks by a clothing store's winter display on a shopping street in Steglitz district on December 17, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season in Germany, one of the few countries whose economy has so far weathered the current Eurozone debt crisis relatively well.

Retailers Hope For Strong Christmas Season

Sean Gallup

People carrying shopping bags wait for a bus on a shopping street in Steglitz district on December 17, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season in Germany, one of the few countries whose economy has so far weathered the current Eurozone debt crisis relatively well.

People carrying shopping bags wait for a bus on a shopping street in Steglitz district on December 17, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season in Germany, one of the few countries whose economy has so far weathered the current Eurozone debt crisis relatively well.

Retailers Hope For Strong Christmas Season

Sean Gallup

Women carry shopping bags on a shopping street in Steglitz district on December 17, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season in Germany, one of the few countries whose economy has so far weathered the current Eurozone debt crisis relatively well.

Women carry shopping bags on a shopping street in Steglitz district on December 17, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season in Germany, one of the few countries whose economy has so far weathered the current Eurozone debt crisis relatively well.

Retailers Hope For Strong Christmas Season

Adam Berry

Teenage girls take a break from Christmas shopping at a shopping mall on December 8, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. German consumer confidence dropped prior to the Christmas season from a high level, according to a survey released at the end of November, expecting to harm retail sales in December, but not to the point of hurting businesses greatly.

Teenage girls take a break from Christmas shopping at a shopping mall on December 8, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. German consumer confidence dropped prior to the Christmas season from a high level, according to a survey released at the end of November, expecting to harm retail sales in December, but not to the point of hurting businesses greatly.

Keywords

People carry shopping bags as they leave a C&A department store on a... News PhotoBag,Berlin,Carrying,Christmas,District,Economy,Germany,Horizontal,Leaving,Merchandise,People,Retail,Sales Occupation,Shopping,Store,StreetPhotographer Sean GallupCollection: Getty Images News 2012 Getty ImagesBERLIN, GERMANY - DECEMBER 17: People carry shopping bags as they leave a C&A department store on a busy shopping street in Steglitz district on December 17, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season in Germany, one of the few countries whose economy has so far weathered the current Eurozone debt crisis relatively well. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)